With my special interest in grief and the human-animal bond, I facilitated a pet loss support group for bereaved animal lovers in Phoenix for 15 years, and still serve as consultant to the Pet Loss Support Group at Hospice of the Valley and to the Halton-Peel Pet Loss Support Group in Ontario, Canada.

I am blessed to be the mother of two awesome, handsome sons, and the grandmother of two darling young men, two precious young ladies and a number of dogs, cats, birds and bunnies. After living and working for several years in Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Arizona, my husband Michael and I have now settled into a lovely little villa we have renovated in Sarasota, Florida. For 15 years we shared our home with Beringer, our beloved Tibetan terrier, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge on August 22, 2011. Read more of my personal story here: A Message from Marty Tousley.